ArianeGroup Arianespace CNES European Space Agency The process of 'verticalisation' took over 90 minutes.

In the next few days the boosters for the first Ariane 6 launch are set to arrive and moved into position next to the central core.

ArianeGroup Arianespace CNES European Space Agency Two automated vehicles at the bottom of the rocket worked in turn with the crane to lift and then move in 14 steps until the central core was standing upright.

ArianeGroup Arianespace CNES European Space Agency Once at the launch pad technicians attached a yellow lifting beam to one end to hoist the central core upright.

ArianeGroup Arianespace CNES European Space Agency The automated guided vehicles follow a magnetic strip under the road to the launchpad. This allows for more precision and so less torque stresses on the rocket than if a human was driving.

ArianeGroup Arianespace CNES European Space Agency The central core, that consists of the core stage and upper stage, was rolled out of the launcher assembly building this morning on four automated electric transporters

It’s never too soon to share your space dreams! Today, in our Women In Space series, we’d like you to meet Alizée, a pyrotechnics engineer at ArianeGroup, and her daughter Liwen, who is only 6 years old but is already an Ariane 6 expert!

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#Ariane6 standing tall.
The central core of Europe's new rocket was moved into its upright, launch, position today at Europe's Spaceport: esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

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Last week, we were talking about orbits, so this week we’re going off on a tangent to talk about orbital mechanics! Wait! Come back! We know this is a subject that engineering students absolutely love 🤡 so we’re counting on you for lots of answers!

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Avec ses 19 m de long et 5,5 m de large, le fardier nouvelle génération du Centre spatial guyanais peut déplacer des charges de 250 tonnes. On utilise cette puissance pour déplacer les boosters d' #Ariane6 jusqu'au portique mobile 🚀🛹
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Connaissez-vous les différents éléments qui composent #Ariane6  ?

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Click! Is the sound we imagine when connecting two rocket stages. Timelapse of the upper and core stage of Europe's new rocket #Ariane6 being assembled on 15 March.

To the exosphere and beyond! Check out Ariane 6 as our launcher climbs through the different layers of the Earth’s atmosphere as it soars into space.
Do you have an idea where space actually starts?

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Faces of #Ariane6 : André is European Space Agency's mechanical engineer working embedded at ArianeGroup at their site in Les Mureaux, France 🇫🇷.
When he's not designing rocket structures for Europe's rockets 🚀 André loves rock music 🤘 esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…

#Ariane6 : what's it made of? The components that make up Europe's new rocket:
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